Tomes and Tomatoes

My day can end with a healthy sense of satisfaction. Better Half and I were able to clean the bedroom yesterday and the office today. He’s asleep now, resting up for the VA tomorrow. They plan to run a sleep deprived EEG in the hopes of diagnosing his “non-episodic seizures.” I will wake him at midnight and then I will try to get some sleep myself: we leave at 5:30 AM.One of my...

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Blog Awards

I am listing my blog awards here in order to save space along the sidebar....

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How Many Zero's in a Billion?

The next time you hear a politician use theword 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,but one advertising agency did a good job ofputting that figure into some perspective inone of it's releases.A.A billion seconds ago it was 1959.B.A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.C.A...

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My New Blog

That got your attnetion, didn't it?I toyed with the idea of having a blog dedicated to my writing (none of the every day posting, which I do not do every day as it is, so really why would I need a blog for the extraordinary things when I fail to record the ordinary things? Hush.) I will keep this one going as well (and spend a lot of time telling myself, "Oh, I should blog that!"...

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Countdown to the Olympics

Beijing 2008 The link on this widget will take you to a Chinese homepage which will not load properly if your computer does not have the language set. I recommend that you skip that link and use the link below for Olympic information.The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games...

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The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, revisited

I opened my email after a three-day hiatus from it, and was pleased to find a comment awaiting my approval today. The comment was in regard to an August 2006 post about the local zoo, comprised of a polite “thank you” and a request for link consideration.I must admit that my critique of the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium was straightforward and not entirely glowing with praise....

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Sunday Scribblings #119: My Oldest Friend

Your oldest friend ~~ should be you!Visit more old friends at Sunday Scribblings...

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Summer 2008 Vegetation

Summer 2008 VegetationThe front yard in bloomA symphony of dusty miller, impatients,mums, elephant's ear, dianthus and lamb's ear.The front porch planting beds"Monster Hosta" in bloomThe Mimosa treeView from belowfloweringHitch hikerThe Eats3 varieties of squashRomano tomatoesStrawberry pots on the d...

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July 1st, Canada (birth!) Day

July 1st – a relaxing day. Not only is it my birthday, but also the day that Canadians celebrate the birth of the man (Oscar Canada) who discovered their great land. I’m told that they hold dog sled races in the deep July snow to commemorate the occasion, replete with lumberjack competitions and RCMP formation drills. The PM, Stephen Harper, was on hand to help judge the moose...

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